by Ben Kentish April 27, 2017 Hate crime reports in England and Wales soared in the months leading up to last year’s EU referendum, new figures have revealed. More than 62,500 incidents were recorded in 2015-16 compared to 52,500 during the previous year – a rise of 19 per cent. The statistics, published by
by Raquel Martin April 26, 2017 ILLINOIS -- A bill tackling a recent increase in hate crimes is on its way to becoming law. The bill would broaden the definition of a hate crime and protect people from harmful attacks on any platform. The legislation passed the House by an 89 - 22 vote
by Anna North April 26, 2017 Kanwal Khurana loved living in Cleveland. He and his wife had moved from the suburbs to an apartment in the city in December. “It’s beautiful,” he said. “You can see the whole downtown.” But less than two months later, Mr. Khurana and his wife had just parked their
by Danielle Furfaro April 24, 2017 Felony crime in the subway system rose 6.6 percent from January through March, NYPD officials said Monday. The figures are part of a trend that authorities have been warning about since the beginning of the year. There were 613 major felonies compared to 575 during the same period
by Oren Lieberman, Andrew Carey, and Joe Sterling April 23, 2017 (CNN)Six Israelis were charged Sunday in a months-long hate crime investigation, and a Palestinian was arrested in the stabbing of four Israelis on Sunday afternoon, a reminder that tensions are always bubbling under the surface, even in relatively quiet times. Full article:
by Anna North April 17, 2017 Women afraid to go out in public. College students struggling in school. Employees feeling unsafe on the job. People of all walks of life experiencing anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. These are some of the mental and emotional effects of what advocates say is a wave of
by Dan Bilefsky April 3, 2017 LONDON — The Kurdish-Iranian teenager was waiting with friends at a bus stop in south London when a gang of men and women in their 20s cornered him and asked him in aggressive tones where he was from. When he replied that he was an asylum seeker, the
by Melissa Eddy and Mark Scott March 14, 2017 BERLIN — Social media giants including Facebook and Twitter are not doing enough to curb hate speech on their platforms and could face fines of up to $53 million if they do not strengthen their efforts to delete illegal posts, a German government minister said
by Dom Phillips March 8, 2017 RIO DE JANEIRO — The killing of a transgender woman who was beaten, tortured, shot and then bashed on the head with a big stone has horrified and transfixed Brazil, training attention on the violence and discrimination suffered by transgender people in South America’s most populous nation. The
by Jim Dwyer March 23, 2017 Draped in the clouds of his white spacesuit, James Harris Jackson, 28, trim light hair above a shaved, doughy face, was led in handcuffs out of a police station house in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday morning, then driven downtown for his arraignment. Prosecutors say Mr. Jackson traveled to